Garment-creaser.



UNITED sTATEs PATENT oFF-ICE.

vGEORG-E L. EDGERTON, OF GOLDSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA.

GARMENTfCRE ASEE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented sept. 22, 1908.

Application led May 17, 1907, .Serial No. 374,193. Renewed July 14, 1908. Serial No. 443,512.

To all fwzom it lma- I/ concern.'

Be it known that I, Gnonen L. EDGERTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Goldsboro, inthe county of Wayne and State of North Carolina, have invented a new and useful Garment-Creaser, of which the following is a. specifica tion.

lhe principal object of the present invention is to provide a. device of simple construction for creasing or )reserving the crease in trousers, skirts, andl other garments, especially where the garments are packed in suit cases, trunks or the like.

A further object of the invention is to rovide a device of this type in which a. pan' of clam )ing or creasing members are connected toget ier by hinge or other members which serve, also, as clamping means.

With these and other objectsin view, as will lnore fully hereinafter a mear, the invention consists in eert-ain nove features of construction and arrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportions, size and minor details of the structure may be made without departing from the spirit orsacriticing any of the advantages of the invention.

iin the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 is a perspective view of a garment creaser constructed in accordance with the invention. ereaser opened. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the deviceon the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts throughout the several Yfigures of the dra-wings.

In' carrying out the invention, two strips 10, formed of wood, metal or other material, are employed, and near one edge of each strip is an opening 11, the openings being arranged in alinement with each other. Through each set f openings is passed a combined hinge and clam member 15, which preferably is formed o spring wire.

Fig. 2 is a similar view, showing the- The central portion of the sect-ion of wire is bent into approximately U-shape, and then the two arms are bent at a right angle to the central portion and are arranged on lines that slightly converge toward the free ends, while the terminals of t-he wire are bent slightly outward, so that the clamping member may be freely slidover the two strips ll). 55

The two strips may be opened out flat, as illustrated in Fig. 2, for convenience in placing the garment in position, and after the strips have been folded together, with portion of the garment between them, themembers 15 are turned to the position shj'win Fig` 1 and serve as spring clamps to firmly hold the strips against the. garment, and tli form or preserve the crease.

The device is es ecially valuable wher" G5 garments are packet in suitcases, trunkso the like, inasmuch as it preserves the freshness of the folds of the garments, without occupying unnecessary space.

1. A garment ereaser comprising a pair of strips, and a hinge member forming a loose connection to permit free folding and unfolding of the strips, the, ends of said hinge melnber being continued to form a spring clamp movable over the Strips t0 force the saine rmly together.-

2. A garment creaser comprising a pair of strips having alined openings, and a combined hingeand clamp member formed of spring wire, the central portion of the length of wire being bent into approximately U- shape, the wire being thence bent to form two arms ata right angle to the central portion, said arms being arranged on slightly Y convergent lines, and their terminals being outwardly curved.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto allixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE L. EDGERTOX. Vitne-sses:

Jas. M. WALKER, FRANK S. APPLEMAN.- 

